Unless the plane is moving the same speed relative to the conveyor belt as the conveyor belt is moving relative to the ground, the plane is moving.
Mythbusters plan to uncover plane on conveyor belt
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Last: 5 yr ago by toucan82
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Umm...it is being held in place - just like I get held in place by a treadmill.
( ... snicker ... )
Did anyone calculate in the earth's rotation?
Yes someone has.
i still dont see it
but oh well
i guess i'll have to watch the episode to have a better understanding
but oh well
i guess i'll have to watch the episode to have a better understanding
Gambo,
Have you seen a wheel?
Have you seen a wheel?
there is a youtube video in this thread in which an 8 YEAR OLD CHILD EXPLAINS IT AND PROVES IT
It doesn't matter what the episode says b/c these smart-guys already have it figured out...
yes i have
but i feel to crappy right now to sit down and focus on this so i just choose to be an ignoramus
but i feel to crappy right now to sit down and focus on this so i just choose to be an ignoramus
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It doesn't matter what the episode says b/c these smart-guys already have it figured out...
Exactly ... it is elementary physics.
Brian/gambo...
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What you have to understand is that the plane will be moving ... there will be airflow around the wings. The wheels do not propel the plane at all, they are supposed to be as closed to frictionless as possible. All the conveyor does is spin the wheels, but that will not move the plane.
What moves the plane are the engines. The engines provide a net force forward. In an ideal world, there is NO force backward (edit: other than drag), even if the conveyor is moving 91832409832 mph backward, because the wheels are frictionless.
Therefore, the thrust forward by the engines propels the plane forward the same regardless of whether the plane is on stationary ground or a conveyor moving 2039840823904832098423094823094823094823 mph, and the plane can takeoff normally.
However, in the problem statement there is something incorrect. If the conveyor was truly moving the same speed as the radius of the wheels times the rotational velocity of the wheels in a no-slip condition, then the plane COULD NOT BE MOVING FORWARD. The thing is, this is only possible if the net force on the plane is zero. If there is any net force on the plane, the wheels will be moving faster or slower than the conveyor. THIS is what makes this problem so retarded.
Gambo,
Hope you get to feeling better.
Hope you get to feeling better.
gambo, I'll explain it tonight at happy hour
Buy Gambo a beer, CDUB.
Will people just shut up about the mfing conveyor belt, please?
I don't buy beer for brown people.
The conveyor is moot!
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because the wheels are frictionless.
thats the point of information i was missing
i get it now
If you put a beer on a conveyor-top bar, would it travel to the other end of the bar?
and would someone catch it before it fell off?
and would someone catch it before it fell off?
Actually the wheels don't even have to be frictionless.
stupid dp.
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I double posted?
I believe this guy:
Over some 8 year old.
Over some 8 year old.
Holy Carp...
i sleep in and ya'll start over?
classic! I didn't know we could combust air
i sleep in and ya'll start over?
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the plane uses its engines to combust the air and force it backwards
classic! I didn't know we could combust air
Brian, either you are trolling big time, or you really are a dumbass.
But it is key to understand that the wheels are not free-spinning... that their only intention is to be as low in friction as possible so that the engines don't have to do any extra work helping the plane takeoff.
brian they r right
i just wasnt thinking in airplane terms
the wheels dont matter because they are spinning on a "frictionless" axle
the plane is is propelled by the engine itself so it will be moving forward, therefore there will be wind speed which will cause lift
i just wasnt thinking in airplane terms
the wheels dont matter because they are spinning on a "frictionless" axle
the plane is is propelled by the engine itself so it will be moving forward, therefore there will be wind speed which will cause lift
the wheels are just the medium through which the plane translates while on the ground
Hotard, your love for the conveyor will die with your love for Fran on T+2.
They would only have to be wheels typical of any normally functioning airplane. No more, no less.
I have never heard of a frictionless wheel but whatever.
I love these engineers and their theoretical worlds.
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I love these engineers and their theoretical worlds.
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sorry mKf
it took me a while to figure out because of this effing funk i am in...
i was thinking in car terms where the wheels actually propel the car
it took me a while to figure out because of this effing funk i am in...
i was thinking in car terms where the wheels actually propel the car
brian the wheel is not frictionless with respect to the ground
it is near frictionless with respect to the airplane
it is near frictionless with respect to the airplane
DING DING DING
Oh and TexasRebel... ead.. care to rattle off standard combustable air-fuel ratios? its not important to go in to specifics... i just wanted to give an idea
Oh and TexasRebel... ead.. care to rattle off standard combustable air-fuel ratios? its not important to go in to specifics... i just wanted to give an idea